Trump set to send $16 billion to bailout farmers hurt by China trade war

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Taxpayer money to buy votes....now who's the socialists? This is because of trump's inability to finish what he started.

Trump set to send $16 billion to bailout farmers hurt by China trade war

(CNN)The federal government will spend an additional $16 billion to help farmers hurt by the US-China trade war, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Thursday.

US farmers have been among the hardest hit by the escalating trade war between the two countries, and both sides are bracing for additional pain resulting from the latest volley of tariffs announced earlier this month.

Perdue said President Donald Trump approved the farmer aid to undermine China's efforts to retaliate against US tariffs.

"Well, President Trump feels what they're trying to do is really outlast him and that's not gonna work. Their economy has hurt a lot more than our agricultural economy and that's why President Trump has authorized a $16 billion facilitation program," Perdue said Thursday morning on Fox Business.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/23/politics/farmer-aid-trump-china-tariffs/index.html

[dalton99a]

1. Courtesy of American consumers

e.g. Walmart shoppers

[Cicada]

2. He bails out Republican farmers, not crops in blue states

California farmers have lost huge markets for nuts, fruits, rice. Oddly those crops are not bailed out. But crops grown mainly in midwestern red states, soybeans, wheat etc are bailed out.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Con Job...paying for your own bailout....

Farmers want Markets for their wares, not handouts.